Internet Exchange Points 2020 Report Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................ 4 1.1 Foreword ...................................................................................................................................................................... 4 1.2 Notes on this report .................................................................................................................................................... 4 1.3 Internet Exchange Point (IXP) ..................................................................................................................................... 4 2. IXPs in Europe ............................................................................................................................................................ 5 2.1 Number of operational IXPs in Europe ........................................................................................................................ 5 2.2 Number of connected parties globally by IXP ............................................................................................................. 6 2.3 Number of connected parties in Europe by IXP .......................................................................................................... 7 2.4 Number of connected parties globally by region .............................................................................................................. 8 3. Traffic Statistics in Europe ..................................................................................................................................... 10 3.1 Traffic growth over 10 years among Euro-IX Membership ........................................................................................ 10 3.2 Global Traffic Statistics .............................................................................................................................................. 11 3.3 Traffic Statistics - Top 10....................................................................................................................................................17 5. IXP Switching Platform Technology ...................................................................................................................... 18 5.1 Switches in use in Europe .......................................................................................................................................... 18 5.2 Network Peering Hardware ............................................................................................................................................... 19 6. Further Information ................................................................................................................................................. 20 IXP REPORT - 2020 - 2 - About Euro-IX The European Internet Exchange Association was established on June 28, 2001, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Since this date, the European Internet Exchange Association (Euro-IX) has operated under the responsibility of an Association according to Dutch law. Euro-IX has been set-up as a non-profit association. Euro-IX brings together the Intenet community with the aim to share ideas and experiences and coordinate technical standards, develop common procedures and publish statistics and other useful information. To compile this report on IXPs, we used data from the Internet Exchange Point Database (IXPDB) - https://ixpdb.euro-ix.net/en/ The IXPDB is an authoritative, comprehensive, public source of data related to IXPs. It collects data directly from IXPs through a recurring automated process. It also integrates data from third-party sources in order to provide a comprehensive and corroborated view of the global interconnection landscape. For example, it highlights networks that have not reported they are in PeeringDB and shows which IXPs are MANRS compliant. The combined data can be viewed, analyzed, and exported through this web-based interface and an API. In 2020, Euro-IX counted 72 Members and 11 Patrons from the IXP-related equipment-vendor and colocation sectors of the community. The 72 member IXPs are from 50 countries and the affiliations are as follows: - Standard Members: 42 IXPs from 29 countries - Associate Members: 8 IXPs from 5 countries (Brazil, Japan, Saudi Arabia, UK and USA) - Remote Members: 22 IXPs from 21 countries, including 14 IXPs from Europe (Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Finland, Iceland, Italy, Macedonia, Russia, Sweden and UK), 6 from the Af-IX region (Angola, Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa), 3 IXPs from the APIX region (Australia, Sri Lanka and Serbia) and 2 IXPs from the LAC-IX region (Costa Rica and Curacao). Euro-IX Region NA Region APIX Region LAC-IX Region Af-IX Region IXP REPORT - 2020 - 3 - 1. Introduction 1.1 Foreword This report has been compiled by the European Internet Exchange Association (Euro-IX) to give an overview of the current status of IXP deployment in Europe including: - The number of Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) currently operating in Europe - Related statistics and trends that are appearing in the European IXP market and a general global view - The evolution over the last couple of years 1.2 Notes on this report - Not all IXPs make their traffic statistics publicly available and no attempts at estimates were made where true figures were not presented. - All information has been gathered on a best effort basis and relies on the information that is provided by individual IXPs. Therefore all information contained in this report is only as accurate as the information that has been published by these IXPs. If you are planning to base your decision on the information contained in this report, we strongly advise to check the information against up-to-date data. - Not all IXPs measure their peak traffic using the same periodic average. While the majority of IXPs choose to take samples every five minutes, some have chosen to take these samples more or less frequently. - A best effort was made to list all known operational IXPs in Europe. However we may be unaware of the existence of some IXPs and thus they do not appear in the list (Appendix 1). We welcome any information about IXPs missing from this report. - Some IXPs that were listed in the 2018/19 report have not been included in the 2020 one due to the fact that either no contact could be made with them to verify if they are still operational, they have no working website or we have received information that they are no longer operational. 1.3 Internet Exchange Point (IXP) Euro-IX has accepted the Internet Exchange Federations (IX-F) definition of an IXP being; “A network facility that enables the interconnection and exchange of Internet traffic between more than two independent Autonomous Systems. An IXP provides interconnection only for Autonomous Systems. An IXP does not require the Internet traffic passing between any pair of participating Autonomous Systems to pass through any third Autonomous System, nor does it alter or otherwise interfere with such traffic.” IXP REPORT - 2020 - 4 - 2. IXPs in Europe 2.1 Number of operational IXPs in Europe » IXP Growth in Europe over 10 years The number of operational IXPs in Europe has increased by 87.5% over the past 10 years, going from 136 in 2010, to 255 in 2020. 2020 saw significant growth for IXPs, partially due to the number of IXPs added to the IXPDB, indicating better reporting of active IXPs. Note: The growth of 52 IXPs in 2020 includes both newly established IXPs but also IXPs that were only identified by Euro-IX in 2020 (Source: IXPDB) 257 Total Operational IXPs Total Cha nges 237 217 197 177 157 137 117 97 77 57 37 17 -3 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2020 Graph 2.1.1 YEAR IXPS STARTED IXPS CLOSED OR INACTIVE GROWTH OPERATIONAL 2010 18 4 14 136 2011 8 0 8 144 2012 2 0 2 146 2013 22 2 20 166 2014 37 16 21 187 2015 17 11 6 193 2016 44 12 32 225 2017 5 2 3 198 2018 7 2 5 203 2019 21 2 19 224 2020 59 7 52 255 Table 2.1.1 IXP REPORT - 2020 - 5 - 2.2 Number of connected parties globally - Top 10 by IXP (excluding Europe) » The data below show the top 10 IXPs by connected parties globally. More complete data can be found in the IXPDB. 2300 1800 1300 800 Number of ASNs 300 -200 IX.br Sao NAPAfrica IX IX.br Rio de IX.br Fortaleza SIX Seattle D E-CI X IX-SYD D E-CI X NY C IX.br Porto TorIX Paulo Johannesburg Janeir o Mum ba i (Sydney IX) Alegre Graph 2.2.1 ASNs Unique ASNs This data shows the total listed ASNs, and unique ASNs globally. The highest participants’ distribution is from IX.br - São Paulo, Brazil, with 2203 ASNs, followed by NAPAfrica with 443 ASNs connected. If you see that an IXP is missing, please speak to us or the IXP to get their data included. IXP Number of listed ASN Number of unique ASNs 1 IX.br São Paulo 2203 1323 2 NAPAfrica IX Johannesburg 443 158 3 IX.br Rio de Janeiro 438 158 4 IX.br Fortaleza 374 125 5 SIX Seattle 344 126 6 DE-CIX Mumbai 322 172 7 IX-SYD (Sydney IX) 307 58 8 DE-CIX NYC 256 45 9 IX.br Porto Alegre 255 85 10 TorIX 224 129 Table 2.2.1 IXP REPORT - 2020 - 6 - 2.3 Number of connected parties in Europe - Top 10 by IXP » The data below shows the top 10 IXPs by connected parties in Europe. More complete data can be found in the IXPDB. 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 Number of ASNs 0 D E-CI X AMS-IX LINX LON1 EPIX EPIX Warsaw MSK-I X NL-ix Piter-IX KleyReX Equinix Paris Frankfurt